A new study, published this week in Science Translation Medicine, tells us more about the role that bacteria may play in the health of a newborn baby. The study found that the placenta, once thought ...

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological predictor of lifelong health, linking prenatal environments to future risks of ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the deep-rooted hypothesis—and show that the placenta doesn't produce serotonin ...

The first panoramic view of infection pathways in the human placenta has been created, which could highlight potential drug targets to develop pregnancy-safe therapies for malaria, toxoplasmosis and ...

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (October 29, 2024) - In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine on October 29, 2024, Professor Vicki Clifton shares transformative discoveries ...

A new study may change the way clinicians and scientists understand, diagnose and treat placenta accreta spectrum disorder, a serious condition in which the placenta fails to separate from the uterus ...

India, March 11 -- The placenta may hold clues about a child's future health long before birth.

Placenta grafting yields remarkable results for third-degree burns. Third-degree burns are being healed using placenta. The use of placenta in medicine is not new, but the results of Mary Townsend’s ...

Skin wounds heal with less scarring when thin sheets of dried human placenta are applied as dressings, according to research in mice and people. The placenta’s healing properties have been known since ...